Americans Greet Japanese Defense Minister With “Sayonara” Sign

Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka visited Yokota Air Base on friday to check on the preparations for a North Korean missile launch. Instead of a “Welcome” sign, he was greeted with a “Sayonara” sign board:

This failure is a very funny miracle!I’m Japanese, however I can’t stop laughing.Because Tanaka is Stupid Defense Minister too.

Hraesvelgr

That’s pretty sad for a government-funded military base. I could see it out of Japan, maybe, but “sayonara” has always been a fairly popular loanword in English, so there’s not much excuse for it.

Martin Mandy

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http://twitter.com/KanojoNoCarrera Reina Todoroki

Figured this would be in Okinawa……but it’s not.

yankdownunder

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a2.html

ASDF command now at Yokota base

But one senior ASDF official wondered whether it can truly be independent while on the premises of a U.S. installation.
“It’s odd that the top command is placed on a base under the control of a foreign military even if that is of an ally,” the official said.

It’s odd that a foreign military has control of a base. It’s odd that a foreign government wrote the constitution. It’s odd that ….

It’s time to get even.

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Cool story bro.

Piglet

Why not but then Japan will have to pay for the whole territory protection by his own army and the nuclear umbrella (which means increasing dramatically defense spending). Right now a big part of the defense capability of the country is assured by the US army. With the current debt and social funding problems, I don’t imagine any politician asking for a fully independent army. Also, better be allied with the US than with China…